Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Whirlpool W10189703 Evaporator Motor for Refrigerator



NOT a Whirlpool part
THis is a replacement motor and it fits and it works. It is NOT however, a Whirlpool motor and is built on a much smaller frame than the original with fewer coil windings and an open armature as opposed to the original motor.It clearly has less torque and quality in general than the OEM ( which was Swiss Made) as opposed to this really cheaply made Chinese product. I bought this because it was $25 rather than $45(from Sears).I thought I was getting an exact OEM replacement I keep forgetting -"You get what you pay for"

The original fan may not fit tightly to the shaft of this motor
This evaporator motor is not made by Whirlpool and the motor shaft is smaller in diameter than the factory original motor shaft. The factory evaporator fan spins freely on this motor shaft. I tried to get a fan for this motor and they didn't have one. I recommend shopping for an evaporator fan motor made by Whirlpool. They are a little more expensive but you will know that the evaporator fan will fit tightly to the motor shaft and work properly.

Great replacement for the more expensive Kenmore one
I bought this because the one in my Kenmore side by side was bad. The shaft on this one is shorter but still works just fine. I just had to make sure the fan wasn't rubbing when it spun. I tweaked the bracket a touch so it wouldn't and all was good. This replacement one worked for a couple days and then went out too. Or so I thought. Turned out the defrost timer went out after I put the new fan in. I didn't figure that out until I had returned 2 of these for replacement. Turns out it is extremely common for the thermostat, fan and defrost timer go out. If you think your fridge is special because it's a certain brand (which I did), it turns out it's not. Most of these parts are interchangeable. Do some checking and save yourself a lot of money!

So if you think your fan is what's going out make sure your defrost timer and thermostat aren't whats at fault. You can check youtube for how to test the thermostat and defrost timer. It's ridiculously easy. You just need a...

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